Me the Machine

The popularity of the slow burn fic trope in the LGBTQ community is a direct reflection of the persisting need to side-step every direct confrontation of your romantic/sexual feelings for the sake of your own survival. This coping tactic of avoidance of clear communication, although hindering, becomes familiar and homely when it is continuously associated with stories we ourselves relate to and reflects our own experience of never feeling safe enough to fearlessly barge into relationships. In this essay I will

As long as she feels graceful

I love it when the dogs are on guard but not in full bark mode yet and they just whisper “boof”

Imagine how little candles must have cost in the 1700s. Must've been pretty cheap, right? With everyone using them all the time instead of electricity? Now think about how much they cost now. 20 some dollars for a candle. What if we could go back to when candles were cheap? Wouldn't you want that? What if we could make that happen.

OP is gonna cut the power grid

can we all agree that pressing foreheads together is an underrated act of affection??

sorry i was late i can’t conceptualize time

we’re depressed mainly bc of trauma, violence, oppression, material insecurity, and lack of control over the work at which we spend most of our lives, but the institutions for whom that system is profitable are like, “actually it’s bc you eat sugar!” 

i love being gay bc even my ugliest outfit is cooler than anything a straightie will ever wear

hoodies make me feel safe